US DEPT OF HHS: Human Genome Project completes pilot project, launches effort to sequence the human genome.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-16 March 1999-US DEPT OF HHS: Human Genome Project announces successful completion of pilot project, launches large-scale effort to sequence the human genome with new awards, accelerated timetable (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:150399 The international Human Genome Project today announced the successful completion of the pilot phase of sequencing the human genome and the launch of the full scale effort to sequence all 3 billion letters (referred to as bases) that make up the human DNA instruction book.

Based on experience gained from the pilot projects, an international consortium now predicts they will produce at least 90 percent of the human genome sequence in a "working draft" form by the spring of 2000, considerably earlier than...